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How to check the health of your hard drive with smartmontools (in Linux)
A) Installation If you’re not sure about your admin rights, always enter the command sudo -i at the beginning of every session: sudo -i This command will grant…
How to use the Contabo Backup-Space
Ordering our FTP Backup-Space is always a good choice for saving important data on an external storage. Using that backup space can be done in many different ways,…
What to do if your server is not reachable anymore
Interactive Guide In case you’re experiencing issues connecting to your server, our guide will walk you through common issues and how to resolve them: Can’t Reach My Server…
Creating static routes
All traffic in our network has to pass through our core-routers, additionally switch ports are configured in such a way that they only accept ethernet frames with mac…
Mounting of additional hard disks in Linux
In this tutorial, we are going to mount an additional hard disk in Linux. If you’re not sure about your admin rights, always enter the command sudo -i…
Mounting of additional hard drives in Windows
In this tutorial, we are going to mount an additional hard drive in Windows. As you may notice, we will do so in Windows Server 2012, but the…
Webspace: More disk space & new features!
Only a few weeks have passed since we equipped all Contabo webspace plans with more than 300 different and pre-installed PHP applications for you. Today, we did it…
Server caught flirting
Yesterday we have been informed by one our clients that spring fever does not only exist among human beings but probably also among servers – to be more…